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Empowering Latino Youth and their Families in the Pursuit of
Academic Success: Juntos Program Evaluation.
Ana Gómez, Lauralee Fernandez, Daniel López-Cevallos, Jeff Sherman and Juntos Coordinators State Team
Open Campus & Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement, Oregon State University.
What is Juntos?
Juntos means “Together” in Spanish and is an
accurate representation of a program that works to
unite community partners , schools, parents and
8-12th grade Latino students in their journey
towards academic success and graduation in a
historically excluded population.
This program was initially formed in North Carolina in
2007 and starting 2012 has been implemented
across the state of Oregon.
What is our goal?
To empower Latino students and their families
with the knowledge and skills to be more successful
in the K-12 system and increase the likelihood that
they will pursue higher education.
Who are we?
Stakeholders: Families, Community, School Districts
and Higher Education institutions.
Staff: Facilitators, Coordinators, and Evaluators.
Some partners include: Central Oregon Community
College, Oregon Coast Community College,
Chemeketa Community College, Columbia Gorge,
Community College, Linn Benton Community
College, Chalk Board Project, The Better Together,
Jefferson School District, The Dalles School District,
Hood River School District, Culver School District,
Sisters School District, Redmond School District,
Corvallis School District, Tillamook School District,
McMinnville School District, 4H Latino Outreach and
many others.
How can you get more information about our
program?
More information about the Oregon Juntos program
can be found at :
http://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/
What do we do?
We start with a series of 5 workshops in Middle
School and a series of 6 workshops in High
School. Some of the topics are:
• Making education a family goal
• Effective communication at home
• From Middle School to High School
• From High School to Higher Education
• Higher education opportunities and resources
• Educational and financial plan
After workshops, Families may continue to meet
and participate in a variety of activities shown
below:
What impacts have we made?
• Empowering Families
• Building sustainable Community
• Increasing Opportunities
• Increasing Leadership
• Increasing Knowledge and Communication
Where are we?
In 2012 Madras was the first city in Oregon to
have Juntos and since then the program has
expanded as shown on the map below:
2½ hour family
workshop series of 5-6
sessions once a week
Monthly
family
workshop
Continued
Student
Club and
Parents
Club
College
visits,
summer
camps and
colleges /
programs
connections
Locations 2011-2015
Locations 2015
• Hood River Middle schools
• Mosier
• Redmond Ridgeview High School
• McMinnville School District
• Corvallis High School
• Newport CCC
• Dayton High School
• Hillsboro High School
• Madras High School
• Culver High School
• Tillamook High School
• Sisters School District
• The Dalles Middle School
• Warm Springs
New Locations 2016
• Linus Pauling Corvallis Middle School
• Redmond High School
Question
Pre test
(%)
Post-test
(%)
Student
My parents and I are discussing and planning my
future for when I am done with high school 48.1 66.7
I know the options I have for higher education
after I graduate from high school. 44.4* 76.7*
I know what the requirements are to graduate
from high school. 73.1 90.0
Parent
My child and I talk and plan their future for once
they finish high school. 31.7* 78.9*
I know the requirements necessary in order to
graduate from high school 48.8 78.9
I know the options for higher education that my
child has once they have graduated high school 17.5* 60.5*
Where are we going?
In 2016, Juntos hopes to successfully continue the
implementation of various programs across
Oregon and begin to better evaluate and monitor
aspects of students lives that may affect academic
success.
A new pre and post test survey has been
developed that will not only measure student and
parent knowledge, but also academic motivation,
perceived discrimination, acculturation, and parent
suppport.
Focus groups will be held for parents, students,
facilitators and coordinators to gain a better sense
of qualitative outcomes, and information about school
resources will be gathered systematically.
By developing an improved evaluation plan JUNTOS
hopes to continue growing and providing
students and parents with the best support for
their academic success.
Contact information:
Ana Gomez
Juntos Program Coordinator OSU Oregon Open Campus –
CL@SE Associate Director of Engagement
200 Gilkey Hall – SW Waldo Place | Corvallis, OR 97331 | Phone:
541-737-8803 http://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/
ana.gomez@oregonstate.edu
Daniel López-Ceballos
Assistant Professor - CL@SE Reasearch Associate Director
Juntos Evaluator
Waldo Hall 262 | 2250 SW Jefferson Way | Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Phone: 541-737-3850
Daniel.Lopez-Cevallos@oregonstate.edu
First students visit to Oregon State Campus
A family working together during a Juntos session
Juntos in Madras, Oregon
Juntos Tillamook, Oregon
Juntos The Gorge, Oregon
*Significant Difference, where p<.05 for ttest